Sosua Reports

[QUOTE=BogieMaker;2786669]Saturday I got 54.94 from the ATM at Banco Popular. Using my Scswab card I get the fees refunded each month.

I am sure exchanging cash will get you closer to the current 57.16 rate. There are many places to exchange dollars for pesos in Sosua.[/QUOTE]Thanks. That quoted price shocked me bc usually you get a better rate exchanging to the visiting country's currency before you get there. I just wanted to make sure that was indeed a worse rate than what I could get once in DR.

I usually go to Costa Rica or Panama City but decided to return to the DR as I had some Air Canada miles to use before the endo of March. Flying into Santiago and returning from Santo Domingo as the flight availability, schedule and cost into POP was horrible.

A few questions:

(1) How much trouble will I have finding an Uber in Santiago to go to my hotel in Sosua. I should be through immigration about 2 pm if all goes well. I have read about taking the bus but it seems like a lot of hassle and time cabbing to the station and then catching the bus. I would rather bite the bullet and just pay the extra dollars for the Uber or worst case a taxi.

(2) I booked at the Hotel Garant and Suites in Boca Chica. I stayed before at the Frio Hot and frankly wasn't thrilled with it. Anyone have any feedback. I do realize it is a block or so off the main drag but I don't plan on being out too late.

(3) I am going to take the bus to Santo Domingo from Sosua. I see two options. Metro and Caribe. Anyone have any feedback on which might be better as far as comfort, convenience, proximity to downtown Sosua or Boca Chica, etc.

Thanks in advance for any help.

[QUOTE=HardDrive;2787000]I usually go to Costa Rica or Panama City but decided to return to the DR as I had some Air Canada miles to use before the endo of March. Flying into Santiago and returning from Santo Domingo as the flight availability, schedule and cost into POP was horrible.

A few questions:

(1) How much trouble will I have finding an Uber in Santiago to go to my hotel in Sosua. I should be through immigration about 2 pm if all goes well. I have read about taking the bus but it seems like a lot of hassle and time cabbing to the station and then catching the bus. I would rather bite the bullet and just pay the extra dollars for the Uber or worst case a taxi.

(2) I booked at the Hotel Garant and Suites in Boca Chica. I stayed before at the Frio Hot and frankly wasn't thrilled with it. Anyone have any feedback. I do realize it is a block or so off the main drag but I don't plan on being out too late.

(3) I am going to take the bus to Santo Domingo from Sosua. I see two options. Metro and Caribe. Anyone have any feedback on which might be better as far as comfort, convenience, proximity to downtown Sosua or Boca Chica, etc.

Thanks in advance for any help.[/QUOTE]Uber apprently isn't used in this area. I flew into Santiago recently. I asked at the information booth where I could catch uber, they said that Uber didn't service the airport. When I was in the Puerto Plato area, I asked several locals, they said basically no Uber in that area. A cab from the airport will be $90-100 US. If the cab employees ask if someone else can ride with you, renegotiate the price.

[QUOTE=HardDrive;2787000]I usually go to Costa Rica or Panama City but decided to return to the DR as I had some Air Canada miles to use before the endo of March. Flying into Santiago and returning from Santo Domingo as the flight availability, schedule and cost into POP was horrible.

A few questions:

(1) How much trouble will I have finding an Uber in Santiago to go to my hotel in Sosua. I should be through immigration about 2 pm if all goes well. I have read about taking the bus but it seems like a lot of hassle and time cabbing to the station and then catching the bus. I would rather bite the bullet and just pay the extra dollars for the Uber or worst case a taxi.

(2) I booked at the Hotel Garant and Suites in Boca Chica. I stayed before at the Frio Hot and frankly wasn't thrilled with it. Anyone have any feedback. I do realize it is a block or so off the main drag but I don't plan on being out too late.

(3) I am going to take the bus to Santo Domingo from Sosua. I see two options. Metro and Caribe. Anyone have any feedback on which might be better as far as comfort, convenience, proximity to downtown Sosua or Boca Chica, etc.

Thanks in advance for any help.[/QUOTE]If you can get Metro or Carribe straight thru from Santiago to Sosua take them. When I tried in January the bridge being out prevented that but there seem to be funky alternate bus routes so maybe they are operating. Find out what is really happening because that bridge will be out for months. The bus is comfortable and modern and costs about $5. A taxi costs $100 and wouldn't get you there meaningfully faster. Another alternative is get a drivers number from a regular on the forum and contact them in advance by WhatsApp. That’s what’s used by everybody in the RD. If you don't have WhatsApp get it and learn to use it. Uber operates in theory but its in app prices are way out of line with what any driver would actually accept so you have to negotiate and pay in cash anyway. You can get an Uber to respond thru the app though.

Metro and Carribe are very similar so take whichever suits your schedule better. In Sosua, the Carribe Station is by Charimicos at the other end of the beach where you probably aren't staying. Metro drops off right across from Playero supermarket and you could walk to any of the "downtown" hotels / bars from there if you wanted. Easy enough to get a Moto or taxi from either so it hardly matters.

[QUOTE=HardDrive;2787000]

(2) I booked at the Hotel Garant and Suites in Boca Chica. I stayed before at the Frio Hot and frankly wasn't thrilled with it. Anyone have any feedback. I do realize it is a block or so off the main drag but I don't plan on being out too late.

(3) I am going to take the bus to Santo Domingo from Sosua. I see two options. Metro and Caribe. Anyone have any feedback on which might be better as far as comfort, convenience, proximity to downtown Sosua or Boca Chica, etc.

.[/QUOTE]I have stayed at the Hotel Garant and Suites in Boca Chica twice but the last time was pre-Covid. Rooms were decent and you got a free breakfast with the room. Couldn't really complain and will stay there again if ever in Boca Chica. There were usually some girls hanging out around the hotel if you get too lazy. It is about a two blocks from the beach and up a slight hill.

Last time I went form Sosua to Santo Domingo, I took Caribe tours and then a taxi from the bus station to the hotel. If you can get the bus that bypasses Santiago that is the way to go and will cut about an hour off your trip.

There were several hanging around helping people get their luggage out of the bus. They try to pressure you to get in their taxi so be on guard. I think a couple of years ago the taxi to Boca Chica was around 1000 pesos ask before agreeing to anything.

It looks like the buses are arriving in a timely manor at the Caribe Tours station so the detour around the bridge is not a great problem. The biggest problem was when on of those big trucks broke down and shut down traffic for quite a while.

The staff at Garant will get a cab for you in less than 10 minutes.

Taxi cost appx $25 from Garant to Metro Station in Santo Domingo.

Both Metro and Caribe are very reliable. My only complaint is that there's no overhead storage area inside the bus for your luggage.

Your suitcase must be stored underneath the bus.

Just rebooked my stay at Casa Valeria directly with the hotel and saved a few dollars on the booking based on what my reservation on Agoda was going to cost. They also had private transfer from STI to the hotel for $81. I went ahead and booked the taxi to save the hassle.

The only downside booking direct with the hotel was a 10% deposit that is 100% refundable if reservation cancelled before 30 days prior to checkin. Within the 30 day period, less and less is refundable. With Agoda you could cancel with a full refund up to the day before checkin.

Nothing here but bus advice and hotel tips after Super Bowl Weekend? There were lots of girls but I do have to say that the median rating on the girls did seem way down from last year. Mind you I haven't pulled one off the street yet this year so I might not have been scanning the herd all that closely.

[QUOTE=Norbert61;2790389]Nothing here but bus advice and hotel tips after Super Bowl Weekend? There were lots of girls but I do have to say that the median rating on the girls did seem way down from last year. Mind you I haven't pulled one off the street yet this year so I might not have been scanning the herd all that closely.[/QUOTE]The reason why no one spoke about it is because honestly there's nothing new to report. We all knew that the weekend warriors were going to takeover sosua and they achieved it. And there were plenty of females charging ridiculous pricing because it's fuck you pay me time that weekend. Meanwhile the OGs that's lives there and / or come there alot just continue to roca constante en (rock steady) within their network and do their thing.

Which reminds me, yo Oldkool did you ever try to get at some new hunnies or just stick to your faithfuls. If I recall correctly in your blog you were trying to decide what you were going to do that super bowl weekend.

Did mostly my regulars left on Friday so did not see Weekend girls. I have to say saw nothing special. My regulars did a great job.

[QUOTE=CoolieHigh;2791260]The reason why no one spoke about it is because honestly there's nothing new to report. We all knew that the weekend warriors were going to takeover sosua and they achieved it. And there were plenty of females charging ridiculous pricing because it's fuck you pay me time that weekend. Meanwhile the OGs that's lives there and / or come there alot just continue to roca constante en (rock steady) within their network and do their thing.

Which reminds me, yo Oldkool did you ever try to get at some new hunnies or just stick to your faithfuls. If I recall correctly in your blog you were trying to decide what you were going to do that super bowl weekend.[/QUOTE]

Last time I was there was like 6 years ago.

Quick question.

Is classicos still a hot spot on weekends.

Where's the night time action?

Thinking about a quick weekend so price watching won't be my thing.

[QUOTE=Sangnyc21;2792465]Last time I was there was like 6 years ago.

Quick question.

Is classicos still a hot spot on weekends.

Where's the night time action?

Thinking about a quick weekend so price watching won't be my thing.[/QUOTE]Clasico's is closed. Action is around Rumba (next to a taxi stand) at / and the corner of Clisante and Stern. The scene is much worse than 6 years ago.

[QUOTE=Questner;2792482]Clasico's is closed. Action is around Rumba (next to a taxi stand) at / and the corner of Clisante and Stern. The scene is much worse than 6 years ago.[/QUOTE]What about in Rhumba itself?

[QUOTE=Sangnyc21;2792465]Last time I was there was like 6 years ago.

Quick question.

Is classicos still a hot spot on weekends.

Where's the night time action?

Thinking about a quick weekend so price watching won't be my thing.[/QUOTE]Classico's is closed has been for a while the action now during the day is on the beach bailees or the old rumbas which is now called kings. If you do come you. Will notice there are alot less chicks out than six years ago and the quality is porn. The night time action is at Playa Chiquita casino at night there are aot of youtube videos at that place so you can go there and see if you see something like.

[QUOTE=TravelingMan3;2792607]Classico's is closed has been for a while the action now during the day is on the beach bailees or the old rumbas which is now called kings. If you do come you. Will notice there are alot less chicks out than six years ago and the quality is porn. The night time action is at Playa Chiquita casino at night there are aot of youtube videos at that place so you can go there and see if you see something like.[/QUOTE]I did read about the casino. How much are girls trying to charge on weekend nights? I remember at CLásicos use to be 100 -150 usd.